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Leaving No One
Behind: Marketing
Sustainable Libraries
Loida Garcia-Febo
International Library Consultant
IFLA MLAS Info Coordinator
ALA President 2018-2019

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We need business unusual
-Dr. Natalia Kanem, UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund
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There is no time to sit and
wait, change is brought on by
all of us
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Libraries can help to
Build Back Better + Smarter
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https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-task-force-united-nations-2030-sustainable-development-
goals#:~:text=ALA%27s%20Task%20Force%20on%20United%20Nations%202030%20Sustainable,by%20libraries%20in%20efforts%20to%20achieve%20the%20Goals.

https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-task-force-united-nations-2030-sustainable-development-
goals#:~:text=ALA%27s%20Task%20Force%20on%20United%20Nations%202030%20Sustainable
,by%20libraries%20in%20efforts%20to%20achieve%20the%20Goals.

Downloadable
poster
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-task-force-united-nations-2030-sustainable-development-goals

Create your own
SDGs library chart!
• http://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-task-force-united-nations-2030-sustainable-development-goals

Downloadable bookmarks
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-task-force-united-nations-2030-sustainable-development-goals

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Webinar recordings:
ALA Task Force on United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals: libraries
contributing to meet the SDGs
Broadband as a human right
Philippine Libraries and Their Roles in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)
Libraries Contributing to Meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals: a call to action to
end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone,
everywhere (Australia, France, Germany, USA)
Bibliotheken und Nachhaltigkeit - die 17 Ziele im Fokus der Bibliotheken weltweit (France,
Germany, USA)
https://www.ala.org/aboutala/ala-task-force-united-nations-2030-sustainable-development-goals#:~:text=ALA%27s%20Task%20Force%20on%20United%20Nations%202030%20Sustainable,by%20libraries%20in%20efforts%20to%20achieve%20the%20Goals.

https://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/wellness-award
Established by ALA Past President Loida Garcia-Febo in 2019

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https://hlpf.un.org/2022

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Title of section/lecture
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Concrete Actions
Political commitment
Courage!
Move forward with interests of
people
Discrimination stops the
progress of the SDGs
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United
Nations
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Level
Political
Forum
2022 (HLPF2022)
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No sustainability without peace
Protect our common values for
sustainability
Cannot continue ignoring human
rights
We must respect the rights of all
people
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High
Level
Political
Forum
2022
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Title of section/lecture
War against sustainable
development
War against our planet
War against women
Crimes against environment
Crimes against sustainable
common future
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High
Level
Political
Forum
2022 on
War
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Examples
Laos country program: comprehensive sexual education; violence against
women
Rwanda: partnerships to ensure equipping organizations with necessary tools to
help youth;
support young entrepreneurs – many women; support main connectivity tool:
mobile phones
Botswana: drones delivering products; funding midwives' trainings
Aruba: Futura, a national innovation lab to promote human-centered
innovation

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https://dronedj.com/2021/05/31/medical-drone-delivery-botswana/
https://blog.swaliafrica.com/mobile-phones-powering-healthcare-and-farming-in-africa/

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Various countries: programs with nurses,
gynecologists
Geotracking: tracking institutions providing
services needed
Digital wallets: important to empower women
to ask for medical help

The only way forward is to
work Together;
Protect human rights=
Democracy
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Libraries are essential for
development;
Libraries are key for social
cohesion
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to be about, preface.
Research
Work together with civil society
+ government
Support women one step at a
time
Seek innovation to dismantle
systematic barriers
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Librarians
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HLPF2022
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Including behavioral innovation

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Allow younger people to take
rightful place and lead
Mobilize transformative change
Support human-centered
innovation
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Call for
Librarians
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HLPF2022
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to be about, preface.
Move to concrete actions +
implementation
Dedicate time + resources
Help to build new set of skills
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HLPF2022
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Libraries
Build Back Better
Agile, Responsive, Adaptive,
Resilient
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Thank You!
Leaving no one behind:
marketing sustainable
libraries
Loida Garcia-Febo
International Library Consultant
IFLA MLAS Info Coordinator
ALA President 2018-2019
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